Coming from a farm family, a little bit of my soul dies every time a new subdivision is created. As I understand it, the first move is to scrape off all the topsoil leaving "yards" that have to be supplimented in order to get anything to grow. What happens to all that soil?

We live 25 minutes from the south-western edge of Champaign. I fear that within the next ten years, that time will be reduced to ten minutes and I wil have a Wal-mart within walking distance.